it's not what it used to be when we played. but they don't have todale with the litigation that the national football league is facing. so the commissioner, along with the nfl p.a., is trying to make the game as safe as they possibly can to make sure we don't have another situation, say 30 gears now, where we have another four, 000, 5,000 people lined up to say this is what happened to me when i played in the national football league and now we want compensation. >> schieffer: phil, what do you think? >> i think in 30 years i think the league is going to be better than it is now. all this controversy we've been talking about the last year or two, how did it do this year? it went up. you know, interest is bigger than ever. and the one thing about the nfl-- it's not like any other sports league-- they change the rules every year to accommodate the fans, to make the game more exciting, and to make it safe. they're not afraid of change, and there are significant changes that go on every single year, and i know there will be a few t